From: Mohit Sindhwani <mo_mail@...>
Date: 2009-06-06T01:54:23+09:00
Subject: Re: How to send the email by Ruby script?

Wesley Chen wrote:
> Hi, Guys,
> I can read my sina.com email by the following code:
> require 'net/pop'
> Net::POP3.foreach('*pop3.sina.com.cn*', 110,
>   'my_email@sina.com', 'my_password' ) do |email|
>   hdr = email.header
>   if hdr =~ /\d+/
>     language = hdr.to_s
>   else
>     language = "INVALID"
>   end
>   puts language
> end
>
> I would like to send email by *smtp.sina.com.cn*, there is code on the net:
>
> Net::SMTP.start('smtp.sina.com.cn',25) do |smtp|
>   smtp.send_message "hello", 'cjq_999@sina.com', ['cjq_999@sina.com']
> end
> But I get error message:
> *e:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:680:in `check_response': 530
> Authentication required (Net::SMTPUnknownError)*
>
> So, how can make it I can send the email by the ruby code?
>
> Any suggestion would be quite appreciated.
>   

I have a detailed example here:
http://notepad.onghu.com/2007/3/26/sending-email-with-ruby
not sure if it helps.

Cheers,
Mohit.
6/6/2009 | 12:54 AM.